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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Instruction in the Interpretation of a Writer's Argument: A Training Study (Reading Comprehension)

Abstract

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The purpose of this study was to improve students' ability to comprehend expository text by training them in the use and control of a set of strategies defining purposive reading. The study derives its significance from its attempt to base instruction in reading comprehension on reading comprehension theory.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Mosenthal, James Hastings

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8502253
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68959

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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Mosenthal, James Hastings. Instruction in the Interpretation of a Writer's Argument: A Training Study (Reading Comprehension). Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/68959